The texts focus on punishment or rehabilitation
“Do We Want Prisons To Punish, Or To Rehabilitate?”, an article by Matt Terzi, Reverb Press website, 2015.
“Am I not human? A call for criminal justice reform”, a TED talk by Marlon Peterson, TED website, 2017.

6 C – Fiction:

“I Don’t Make the Rules”, a short film by Law Chen, Vimeo website, 2016.

Weary and distraught, the women listened to the storm as it raged around the houses. The wind screamed and howled. It drove suddenly against the doors with heavy blows. It tore at the straw ropes that anchored the thatched roofs to the ground. It rattled and shook the small windows. It sent the rain in narrow streams under the door, through the piled-up sacks, to form large puddles on the hard, stamped, earthen floors. […]
Dawn broke, and the wind dropped for a while. The women wrapped their shawls tightly round them, knotted the ends behind them and tightened their head cloths. They slipped out through cautiously opened doors. They whipped their wide skirts so tightly to their bodies that it was hard to move. They muttered to themselves as they clambered over the rocks or waded through the pools down to the foaming sea.

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Assignment 6

Answer assignment A or assignment B or assignment C.

Answer all the questions in the assignment that you choose.

Write separate answers to each question.

The total length of your paper must be 700-1000 words.

Assignment A – Fiction

Write a summary of “Waiting for Spring” in about 150 words.

Write a short analytical essay (at least 300 words) about “Waiting for Spring”. You must focus on the main character William.

Include the following analytical terms in your essay:
setting, relationship, symbol, main theme

Taking your starting point in the short story, discuss what should be done in our society to fight homelessness.

Use at least two phrases from the box below in your discussion.

though, whether, on the contrary, then, however, primarily, nonetheless, finally